His reign of terror's stranglehold
Saw fresh first love succumb to mould
Light dims when covered by the cloak of fear
A heart as delicate as lace
Has long since lost it's resting place
Her innocence will never reappear
Another jumpy nervous day
Part of the price she has to pay
For letting feelings overrule her head
He'll stroll home in an hour or so
Put out her aura's golden glow
Demanding she become a ***** in bed
She'll run his bath and cook his food
Smile softly asking are you good
Hand over the remote and lose control
Blood curdles underneath her skin
Alone no friends or kith n kin
Keeps moving to avoid being swallowed whole
The time had come to make a stand
Acquired poisons grace her hand
His favourite meal is taken from the shelf
The **** of all his filthy jokes
Waves goodbye as he slowly chokes
Her love returned this time it's for herself

Surrounded by light lying low in the shade
Of a past where the shadows of fear are displayed
Unaware she's involved in the game being played
Her bruised heart is the colour of love

The last tear she felt sink at the end of his call
Pushed the rapids toward a sheer drop waterfall
Before drowning she learned how to master the crawl
Her bruised heart is the colour of love

Cut to ribbons she tied in a butterfly bow
Sorrow's bouquet a fractured emotional blow
Fills with pride as she watches her little ones grow
Her bruised heart is the colour of love

Every now and again shed escape the mundane
Drink and drugs tender hugs *** and unwanted pain
Shackles crash to the ground dancing free in the rain
Her bruised heart is the colour of love

She is glowing again getting ready to shine
Put herself a bit closer to front of the line
Ditched the shame she took on with her no entry sign
Her bruised heart is the colour of love

The gods conspired to keep apart
Two souls who share a single heart
Somehow they found a way to start
The light it had returned

They found each other in the crowd
A clear blue sky without a cloud
With her in tow he felt so proud
The light it had returned

In love his soul it was immersed
A feeling he had not rehearsed
She shed her clothes his gloom reversed
The light it had returned

The deed is done they join as one
A holster with a loaded gun
He basked beneath her rising sun
The light it had returned

This moments taken quite a while
To sleep she drifts with beaming smile
He'd marched straight through the rank and file
The light it had returned

The image I mirror
It breaks down and cries
Another reflection
Without a disguise
I no longer see
Any soul in these eyes
The fairest of alls badly cracked
They stripped out my innards
To get to my core
Trampled over ambitions
To even the score
Sent me back with an invite
To knock on deaths door
The fairest is barely intact

Nothing left
But your breath
Bringing warmth
To my frost
Nothing left
But the heat
You provide

Nothing left
But your breath
On the lines
It had crossed
All that's left
Ebbs and flows
With the tide

Imagine night without the stars
A jail with windows free of bars
The busy roads deprived of cars
And know how much I miss you

Imagine snow without the flakes
An alleyway without the jakes
A detox free of any shakes
And know how much I miss you

Imagine there's no crescent moon
Or birds or flowers alive in June
The sun not in the sky by noon
And know how much I miss you

Imagine fire without the smoke
A crisp score note without the coke
A punchline searching for it's joke
And know how much I miss you

Imagine life without the pain
Where peace falls on your weary brain
The dreams you have come true again
And know that I am with you

The lady floated with the lamp
Attended to a jaundiced *****
He slipped away despite her stamp
She fell upon her knees

She stumbled on in laddered tights
The nip that comes from working nights
A mountain view and fear of heights
She fell upon her knees

With love she had a rocky ride
Her so called beau is super snide
Another dent in fading pride
She fell upon her knees

A star that twinkles lost full beam
A nap replaced her wildest dream
A ninja of the silent scream
She fell upon her knees

The lady found some space to think
A brand new note pad pleads for ink
Discarding every fear and kink
She rose up from her knees

Freshly cut battle scars merely sharpen her numb
Any comfort once sought couldn't spare her a crumb
Puncturing for release skin as tight as a drum
Closing all roads that lead to her heart

A statistic they say suffering from self abuse
Not that she'd ever use such a flimsy excuse
Many moons have now passed since her demons let loose
Ripped up any path circling her heart

Innocence taken from her when still very young
As the winds of change howled and the pendulum swung
Got her first taste of blood biting down on her tongue
Shredding every string tied to her heart

Chilling loneliness haunting a bottomless soul
Suffocating attempts at regaining control
Her mind wonders down old memory lane for a stroll
Ever further away from her heart

She's a fighter and stands proud at last in a place
Where her undeserved shame finally runs out of space
I'll be first off the mark in the ultimate race
For a chance to get close to her heart